Mikel Arteta confirmed Arsenal shall be with out teenager Ethan Nwaneri “for a couple of weeks” after he suffered a muscle harm in opposition to Brighton.
The 17-year-old scored the Gunners’ opener of their 1-1 draw on Saturday however was taken off at half-time because of the problem.
Nwaneri’s Sixteenth-minute strike noticed him grow to be simply the sixth participant to attain a couple of Premier League objective earlier than turning 18 years previous (two) after Wayne Rooney (seven), Michael Owen (5), Danny Cadamarteri (three), James Milner (three) and Federico Macheda (two).
Total, he has made 18 appearances for the Arsenal first-team this season, beginning six of these, together with the final two in a row, scoring 5 targets in all competitions.
Nonetheless, he’ll play no half of their upcoming EFL Cup semi-final first leg in opposition to Newcastle United on Tuesday.
“Sadly, he [Nwaneri] has picked up an harm and goes to be out for a couple of weeks,” Arteta stated in a press convention. “It’s a muscular harm.”
6+1 – Ethan Nwaneri (2 targets) grew to become simply the sixth participant to attain a couple of Premier League objective earlier than turning 18 years previous after Wayne Rooney (7), Michael Owen (5), Danny Cadamarteri (3), James Milner (3) and Federico Macheda (2), and the primary to take action for Arsenal.… pic.twitter.com/ecuruNKeeu
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Kai Havertz, in the meantime, could possibly be again in competition on Tuesday after lacking Arsenal’s final two video games by means of sickness.
The German has scored 12 targets in all competitions this season, together with two within the EFL Cup, and could possibly be key if he does return as Arsenal look to attain 3+ targets in 4 consecutive video games within the competitors for the primary time.
“I hope so,” Arteta stated of Havertz’s availability. “However I don’t need to say sure as a result of final time I stated he can be match, and he wasn’t match.”
Arsenal will come up in opposition to the in-form Alexander Isak, who scored Newcastle’s winner in opposition to them within the Premier League earlier this season.
The Swede has netted in seven consecutive Premier League matches and Arteta acknowledged they must cease him to achieve success.
“Clearly, he’s a prime participant, he’s in prime type,” he added.
“He’s scoring a whole lot of targets. Attempting to minimise the power of the opposition.”
